The Mammoth Book of Space Exploration and Disasters: Over 50 True Accounts of Triumph and Tragedy in Space, Taking You Right Inside the Capsule Cockpit and Beyond

in The Words Of Those Who Trod The Void And Others Based At Mission Control, Here Are More Than Fifty Of The Greatest True Stories Of Suborbital, Orbital, And Deep Space Exploration. From Apollo 8’s First View Of A Tortured Landscape Of Craters On The “dark Side” Of The Moon To A Series Of Cliff-hanger Crises Aboard Space Station Mir, The Mammoth Book Of Space Exploration And Disasters Offers Moments Of Extraordinary Heroic Achievement As Well As Episodes Of Terrible Human Cost. High Points Include The Classic, Nail-biting Account Of Abandoning Apollo 13 On The Way To The Moon And Jerry Linenger’s Panic Attack During A Space Walk Where He Was “just Out There Dangling.” In the words of those who trod the void and those at mission control, here are over 50 of the greatest true stories of suborbital, orbital and deep-space exploration. From Apollo 8's first view of a fractured, tortured landscape of craters on the 'dark side' of the Moon to the series of cliff-hanger crises aboard space station Mir, they include moments of extraordinary heroic achievement as well as episodes of terrible human cost. Among the astronauts and cosmonauts featured are John Glenn, Pavel Beyayev, Jim Lovell, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Valery Korzun, Vasily Tsibliyev and Michael Foale. Includes • First walk in space by Sergei Leonov and his traumatic return to Earth • Apollo 13's problem - the classic, nail-biting account of abandoning ship on the way to the Moon • Docking with the frozen, empty Salyut 7 space station that had drifted without power for eight months • Progress crashes into Mir - the astronauts survive death by a hair's breadth • Jerry Linenger's panic attack during a space walk, 'just out there dangling'. In the words of those who trod the void and those at mission control, this book covers over 50 of the true stories of suborbital, orbital and deep-space exploration. It includes moments of extraordinary heroic achievement as well as episodes of terrible human cost. It covers first walk in space by Sergei Leonov and his traumatic return to Earth. A heart-stopping collection of true stories about disasters in space includes coverage of the Apollo 8 and 13 experiences, fires and collisions about the MIR space station, and other fatal or near-fatal experiences in the world's various space programs. Original. The first successful powered flight took place in the United States.